Dont Complain! Do your Ashburn Lower Back Exercise!

01/28/2014

“Aw, Doc! Do I have to? I don’t have time to exercise!”

Amazing how we’ll hear this question from Ashburn back pain patients when we
recommend exercise to cope with and manage low back pain and neck pain!
Exercise is good for the whole body, and targeted exercise is essential for back pain and neck pain patients. Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn is only looking out for your
spinal health! And it won’t take long.

This recent study really drives home the importance of doing lower back exercises. Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn found that it highlights how the majority of
evidence suggests that lower back pain is associated with decreased strength and endurance,
atrophy (muscle loss), and excessive fatigability of the lumbar extensors. This
set of researchers went on to emphasize that many studies even suggest that lumbar
extensor deconditioning may be a common risk factor that can actually predict
acute low back injury and low back pain. (1)So exercising the extensor
muscles of the lower back is critical!

Fortunately, it’s not hard. The lower back extensor muscles
line the sides of the spinal column. Some researchers even call the fat change
in these muscles when they deteriorate “back mice” as you can feel them along
the lower spine. They’re like little round, fatty nodules. (2,3) These
are mice you really don’t want around! So exercise them away.

So if Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn could recommend one lumbar spine
extensor muscle exercise that won’t take you long to do, it would be the low
back strengthening exercise. Don’t do it without discussing it with your
Ashburn chiropractor first!

Whether you want to exercise or not, bring your
lower back pain to Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn. We’ll work together for your back pain
relief. You may even come around to saying “Doc, please let me do some exercise. I don’t
want back mice!” Contact Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn today.

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Our practice at Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn focuses on chiropractic wellness as well as relief of pain, particularly spine pain and its related conditions. We provide comprehensive care for back pain, neck pain, headaches, shoulder pain, arm pain, leg pain, and injuries to the body from a car accident, sports injury or other causes. Our chiropractic practice respectfully serves the Ashburn area. We have been serving the area since 1993, over 25 years in the Fairfax and Loudoun Counties. We pride ourselves on being patient-oriented and responsive to your needs be they about insurance filing or appointment making or your health and healing. We provide individualized treatment plans to meet your specific needs. We also serve the Virginia, Maryland, Washington D.C and Pennsylvania areas. We greatly appreciate all of you who have chosen Poulin Chiropractic and drive from afar for your quality chiropractic care!